Realtor Ruth Pino says it best; her hometown is either on the brink of disaster, or the brink of something great.

Tonight, Ted Reinstein visits a city in transition, moving from an historic fishing port to something else. Will it become more of a tourist attraction, thanks to a cruiseport under construction? Or will it become a Hamptons North, with only the rich able to afford its rising real estate prices?

Ted also meets some of Gloucester’s newest inhabitants, including Ned Hand, who retails gourmet food from a mobile store, and Joe Borge proprietor of the Lone Gull coffeehouse.

Show Resources:

Mayor John Bell
Gloucester City Hall
(978)281-9700

Gloucester Times
(978)283-7000

Cruiseport counsellor
Carrie Crouch
(978)683-3926

Ned's Truck
Grant Circle Rotary
(978)283-2944

Lone Gull Coffeehouse
146 Main St.
(978)281-8588

Goetemann Gallery
37 Rocky Neck Ave.
(978)281-6128

Gloucester Stage Company
267 East Main Street
(978)281-4433
Gloucester Stage Company